Russell Sorry About Accusing Former Great White/Guns N' Roses Manager

The singer said Niven � also known for setting Guns n'Roses and Motley Crue on the road to stardom � took a songwriter's cut for material he helped write, but then subjected band members's cuts to his management commission fee.

The move wouldn't have been illegal � but it's not even true, Russell has since discovered. The singer tells BraveWords: "I recently did an interview and I made a comment about our first manager Alan Niven. In the interview I said something to the effect of: 'When Alan and myself of Mark or Michael wrote songs together he would hake half of the publishing as an outside writer, then he would commission our percentage.'